It is the master method from which sprang many other methods that were given other names but the stages of these methods are the same.

These other methods may have special characteristics, such as being aimed at a certain domain or special purpose. They also may use special, creative, non-logical, logical and technical methods as well as the general ones, but the stages to reliable knowledge are the same.

Some authors may name different terms for the stages and present a shorter formula.

Learn SM-14 and you learn the formula for all of the methods listed below

Problem solving Decision making Inquiry Creative problem solving Invention Research Scientific management Design & Engineering Planning Investigation Change Scholars Medical diagnostics Technological design Operation research

This is the Golden Age of Knowledge
   

Estimated years it took for knowledge to double*
1750 - 1900:	150 yrs
1900 - 1950:	50 years
1950 - 1960:	10 years
Since 1960:	Every 5 years
Projection! By the Year 2020 Knowledge Will Double Every 73 Days!

We need to study and standardize on the basic method by which we obtain, refine, extend and apply knowledge . . . which is, SM-14.

*Reported at the Teacher Education for 21st Century Conference (1992)

This Is An Age of Technology Growth

Robots	Space	Automated Tellers
Miniaturization	Talking Computers	Multimedia Communication

High-paying unskilled jobs are disappearing—skilled, innovative, creative, problem solving, adaptable workers are needed!